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Theresa May looking to buy more time
British Prime Minister Theresa May has abruptly postponed a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal, with some British media suggesting she's trying to buy more time to negotiate a more palatable deal… Audio
Brexit - where to now?
Chaos in the British House of Commons as the British Prime Minister Theresa May abruptly delayed a crucial vote on her Brexit deal...announcing she will head back to Brussels to try and renegotiate… Audio
Brexit legal advice not an easy read
The British Prime Minister's Brexit backstop plan risks a "stalemate" and "protracted rounds of negotiations" with the EU, the full legal advice reveals. Ministers were forced to publish Attorney… Audio
May battles on as UK told it will be worse off post-Brexit
British PM battles on trying to convince the country that her Brexit deal is the best on offer. But as UK correspondent Harriet Line reports, that just got even harder with new research that predicts… Audio
Brexit and eating bananas with a knife and fork
UK correspondent, Kate Adie says the British newspapers have had Brexit headline after Brexit headline, even the tabloids that would normally be focusing on reality TV. But Kate says, the PM is… Audio
Demerit points for scooters and driving tests
A boy in Britain has been hit with demerit points before he even has a licence, for clocking a high speed on an electric scooter. Meanwhile an Auckland man has started a petition to make drivers sit a… Audio
Theresa May battles to save Brexit deal
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is fighting to keep the draft divorce deal with the European Union alive as her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest. Members of her own party are calling… Audio
Brexit draft deal approved
British Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet has approved a draft agreement on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. Audio
Brexit breakthrough ?
British Prime Minister Theresa May has won the backing of her senior ministers for a draft European Union divorce deal more than two years after the UK voted to leave the EU- but she faces more… Audio
Caring professions
Britain will need maybe 51,000 more nurses by 2021, a figure complicated by Brexit, reports the Independent today. We have trouble getting and retaining teachers, nurses, early childhood staff… Audio
Should we be taxing unhealthy food more?
Oxford University researchers say tax the heck out of sausages and bacon. Audio
Brexit staggers on and infighting continues
UK Correspondent, Matthew Parris says Brexit talks stagger on as does the controversy over the funding of the Leave campaign. Meanwhile, the Chancellor and the former sports minister are at… Audio
UK budget spending spree a gamble
UK correspondent Matthew Dathan says Chancellor Philip Hammond's has delivered a £103 billion spending spree in the Budget - is austerity over? But economists looking over the figures think he's… Audio
Story of the day for 26 October 2018
This Sunday in the UK and Europe daylight saving will end - and they will get an extra hour of sleep as the clocks go back at 2am. But this could be the final year that Europe and the Uk change their… Audio
Is Brexit becoming a taboo?
UK correspondent, Kate Adie says as Brexit drags on and on, the subject is almost taboo in some areas. There are also dire predictions in the media about what is going to happen and even criticism… Audio
Reports Kiwi predator priest abused in UK
A notorious paedophile Catholic priest quietly transferred from New Zealand to the UK was free to keep abusing children for two more decades due to Church failings.
Has a Brexit divorce deal been clinched?
Europe correspondent, Seamus Kearney takes us through the conflicting reports out of Brussels about whether a breakthrough had been made in crunch Brexit talks between UK and EU negotiators. Also in… Audio
Theresa May's week from hell
If you think you’re having a bad week, count your blessings you’re not British PM Theresa May. Audio
Jonathan Gornall: Why I built a boat for my daughter
A life-long love of boats and the sea turned into the perfect way for British journalist Jonathan Gornall to express his overwhelming love for his daughter Phoebe, who has given him a second chance at… Audio
Former GCSB Director - threat of cyber warfare has intensified
Sir Bruce Ferguson, the director of the GCSB from 2006 to 2011, says judging by what Andrew Hampton has made public today - the threat of cyber warfare has intensified as technology continues to… Video, Audio
